Los Angeles Times bestsellers (paperback) for April 18, 2010.

Fiction

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson ($15.95)

2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95)

3. Little Bee by Chris Cleave ($14)

4. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann ($15)

5. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

($15.95)

6. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick ($14.95)

7. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

($7.99)

8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15)

9. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan ($7.99)

10. The Battle of the Labyrinth

by Rick Riordan ($7.99)

Nonfiction

1. Food Rules by Michael Pollan ($7.99)

2. The Lost City of Z by David Grann ($15.95)

3. Conservative Victory by Sean Hannity

($14.99)

4. How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer ($14.95)

5. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ($15.99)

6. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ($15)

7. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ($15)

8. The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd Edition by the College Board ($21.99)

9. The Omnivore’s Dilemma

by Michael Pollan

($9.99)

10. The Sartorialist by Scott Schuman

($25)

Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.